| #1569138 in Books | Chartwell Books, Inc. | 2009-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .81 x9.34 x12.24l,2.88 | File Name: 0785825630 | 192 pages |
||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| A decent new intro to nihonto and beyond|By Joe Pierre|The number of in-print English-language books on Japanese swords (nihonto) is all too few, so just about any addition is a welcome asset. Clive Sinclaire is the Chairman of the To-Ken Society of Great Britain (TSGB) and author of a previously published book, "Samurai: The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior." Int|About the Author|Clive Sinclaire is an instructor in the kendo form of martial arts and has been collecting Japanese swords for more than forty years. He is Chairman of the To-ken Society of Great Britain and frequently writes articles on Japanese sword
For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at the weaponry of Samurai men and women over the centuries with specifically commissioned photography of reenactors wearing and museum-quality clothing and weaponry. [PDF.br47] Samurai Swords Rating: 3.95 (436 Votes)
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Samurai Swords | Clive Sinclaire. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.